In November, Bautista visited Thailand to meet 1976 Ramon Magsaysay awardee Dr. Krasae Chanawongse, a former member of Thailand’s Parliament and president of the Asian Disaster Preparedness Council (ADPC) to discuss reorganization of Thailand JC Senate disaster preparedness programs which they could engage in.
Dr. Krassae had been a longtime partner of the University of Baguio, where he encouraged student and teacher exchanges between UB and Bangkok University.